Coconut Octopus giving birth
Amphioctopus marginatus
This week we went to a dive site I had never been to before, in the south of Lembeh, on the mainland. It was very mucky but, as seems...
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish in Slow Motion
Metasepia pfefferi
Flamboyant Cuttlefish are one of the most wonderful creatures we get in Lembeh. They are small (of course) but have the ability to flash bright colours when excited. They...
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Pygmy Squid Laying Eggs
Idiosepius sp. 1
I was extremely lucky to capture this incredible moment of natural behaviour. Pygmy Squid are, as the name suggests, very small squid. Not an awful lot is known about...
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Mimic Octopus – includes a fight
Thaumoctopus mimicus
Mimic Octopus are one of the most iconic critters we have in Lembeh. They are on most of our guests ‘wish list’, not surprisingly, as they are an amazing...
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Blue Ring Octopus hunting
Hapalochlaena sp.
I managed to film a very interesting sequence of some Blue Ring action that I hadn’t seen before. As I was filming this one it started to hunt. After...
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Occellate Octopus
Unknown
I was starting to think I had seen pretty much everything in Lembeh, but yet again was proved wrong. This is a video of an Occellate Octopus. This is the...
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish Birth
Metasepia pfefferi
I was very lucky this week to not only witness a Flamboyant Cuttlefish laying her eggs, but I also saw a Flamboyant Cuttlefish being born. Flamboyant’s lay their eggs under...
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Hairy Octopus
Octopus sp. 1
This is a wonderful find, the incredibly elusive Hairy Octopus. These are another very small little octopus and this was the first one I have seen. They are probably the...
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Mototi Octopus
Octopus mototi
This little guy is similar in size (though perhaps a little larger) and shape to it’s cousin, the Blue Ring Octopus, It is also similar in that it can produce...
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Blue Ring Octopuses Mating
Hapalochlaena sp.
I was lucky enough to find these two Blue Rings mating this week!! The male is holding on to the female, and you can see that slowly he starts to...
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Shaggy Octopus
Abdopus aculeatus
I thought that I had finally found the very rare Lembeh Hairy Octopus. It wasn’t, sadly, but a very interesting octopus none the less, and one we hadn’t seen before....
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Flamboyant Cuttlefish
Metasepia pfefferi
These aptly named Flamboyant Cuttlefish are one of the smaller cuttlefish, with the first one being only about 10cms long and the larger one at the end about 20cms. They...
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Coconut Octopus
Octopus marginatus
This Veined, or commonly know Coconut, Octopus, decided that it was interested in my housing. After enveloping the lens it decided to sit on top of my housing!! A...
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Bobtail Squid
Euprymna berryi
These tiny squid (4cm long) remain completely buried in the sand during the day. They come out at night and sit on the surface. You can see how small...
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Blue Ring Octopus Eating
Hapalochlaena sp.
I was lucky enough to catch a Blue Ring octopus making a kill. The Blue Ring was sitting on a small rock and a crab, nearly the same size...
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Blue Ring Octopus
Hapalochlaena sp.
This is a Midringed Blue-Ring, only found in Lembeh, Sulawesi. They spend most of their lives under rubble, so are very rare to spot. This one we found at...
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